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Nasreena is a farmer who wants to divide her land equally among her three children — Chumki, Jhumri, and Imran. She wants to divide the land so that each piece of land has one tree. Her land looks like this.

- Can you divide the land equally? Show how you will divide it. Remember each person has to get a tree. Colour each person’s piece of land differently.
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Solution
Total number of boxes = 90
Hence, one person’s share
= 90/3 = 30
The division can be done as the given figure.

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